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question Experienced paddlers - What is the first run that you ever did that pushed you to your limits? New

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Date: Jun 05 2008, 11:58 GMT
From: Ed_E.Hopper

Have you ever stepped it up on a particular run to the point that you felt that you may have "bit off more than you can chew"? How did things turn out?
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smile My first time on the Ocoee. It was running about 6000cfs. It was fun, until it wasn't any more. <NT> Dale New
smile It went something like this... Dale New
th_up That's pretty funny.  Sounds like a shitty day. <NT> roaring-riverman New
smile Big South Fork at 25,000cfrs.....solo. hardboater New
gack Upper Yough 3.1-3.2 first run........ Surfin1 New
smile Heh Stifler New
th_up 3.3' had me kissing the ground at Mt. Surf <NT> hardboater New
note My first one, must have worked out I'm still here. <NT> Louie New
smile LOL, good answer. Kinda how I feel about my first eye opener. <NT> GRITS New
smile just like every woman he's even been with... <NT> decker New
note Johnnies Creek @ 5 riverhythm New
gack Tiney Piney @ flood DMark New
smile Ohh that one never gets old.... <NT> Whspin New
feedback Jupiter, Florida - not particularly known for big surf - smoot New
smile Paddling the shenadoah at stupid high flood levels. Paddling around HF sure waz fun in my new dancer Julio New
note Section 4 and Suicide Section ChrisSherrod New
feedback UY at 4', swam from the top of Triple Drops thru National Falls.... rbowman New
doh Grand Canyon, 20k cfs, 15 yo, unreliable roll ga_creeker New
th_up I knew this post would generate some good stories.  I felt a little over my head on the Red River @ nearly 3000 cfs. <NT> Ed_E.Hopper New
doh Ignorance is bliss, and we didn't know we were in over our heads. Bradley New
note Upper Gauley.  Biggest thing I'd run before that was the Ocoee. tcookson New
smile Stikine just after my roll tune up at NOC <NT> mtnsport New
feedback My first year paddling, went to the Ocoee and got pushed around good... dfinney New
th_up The Slamin' Nanny. 1977 Blue Hole canoe full of inner tubes. <NT> Will_Carry New
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